Non-refillable bottle.



No. 674,791. atented May 2|, l90l. L. A. McCORD & J. D. ADAMS.

NON-BEFILLABLE BOTTLE.

(Application filed. Mar. 16, 1901.) (No Model.)

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LUTHER A. MOCORD AND JOHN D. ADAMS, OF LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 674,791, dated May 21, 1901.

Application filed March 16, 1901. derial No. 51,449- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, LUTHER A. MoOoRD and JOHN D. ADAMS, citizens of the United States, residing at Laurens, in the county of Laurens and State of South Carolina, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an improvement in non-refillable bottles; and it consists in certain novel constructions and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section of a bottle, partly broken away, provided with our improvements. Fig. 2 is a cross-section on about line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the valve and its seat. Fig. I is a detail perspective view of the guard, and Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of a somewhat dififerent form of guard from that shown in Fig. 4:.

In carrying out our invention we form the bottle with a body A, a neck B, and a guardchamber 0 between the neck and body, such guard-chamber being enlarged relatively to the neck B and being somewhat in the nature of an enlarged section of the neck, as will be understood from Fig. 1. The neck receives a sealing-cork D in its upper end and is contracted relatively to the guard-chamber C. By preference the neck and the guard-chamber are cylindrical in cross-section, as Will be understood from Fig. 2.

At the lower portion of the guard-chamber O we provide a valve-seat E, which is in the nature of a short nipple projecting from the juncture of the chamber 0 and body A upwardly into the chamber 0, as shown in Fig. 2. This seat E receives the ball-valve F, which operates within the chamber 0 and is fitted to the seat E, as shown in Fig. 1. This valve F is provided with a shank G, which extends through the valve-seat into the body A of the bottle and is provided at its lower end with a weight H, preferably in the form of a ball, and which can be swung from side to side as the bottle is tilted, so it will retain the valve F on its seat until the bottle is upturned. We prefer to make the valve F lighter than the weight H, to which end it may be desirable in some instances to make such valve hollow, as shown in Fig. 3, and it may also be desirable to connect the shank G detachably with the valve F, it may be by a threaded connection, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1. It will be noticed that the weight H operates to maintain the valve F upon its seat until the bottle is upturned, thus preventing the pouring of any liquid into the bottle.

To prevent the unseating of the valve by an instrument inserted through the neck of the bottle, we provide the guard I, which is formed with a shank I, extending within the neck B and fixed thereto, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and terminating at its upper end at a point below the mouth of the bottle-neck,thus providing a space for the insertion of the sealing-cork D, as shown in Fig. 1. At its lower end the guard is provided with an enlarged outwardly-flaring base portion J, which is arranged within the guard-chamber O, overlies the valve F, and is made larger at its lower end than the said valve, so it will extend laterally beyond the same and direct a wire or other instrument inserted through the neck of the bottte to a point outside of and clear of the valve. The lower end of the base J is recessed at J to receive the ball-valveF and permit a greater opening movement of the valve when the bottle is upturned. In Fig. 4 the base J of the guard is shown in the form of a cone. Manifestly this special form,while preferred, may be varied, and such guard might have its base formed with the inclined wings or plates K, as shown in Fig. 5, this construction providing an enlarged flaring base portion to operate in the guard-chamber and overlie the ball-valve, with a recess in its under side to receive the ball, as will be understood from Fig. 5. In making the bottle it is preferred to provide a wire L, passed around the shank G of. the valve,with its ends carried up through the chamber 0 and neck B out of the mouth of the latter, so the said Wire can be operated to lift the valve F clear of its seat to permit the bottle to be filled, after which the wire can be Withdrawn from the bottle and the valve will seat and prevent the filling of the bottle and at the same time permit its contents to be poured oif as may be desired. It will be understood that if a wire orother instrument be inserted through the neck of the bottle with the inp tention of unseating the valve F the wire will be deflected by the outwardly-flaring guard outward againstthe inner wall of the guard-chamber O, and then will pass down into the annular chamber E, surrounding the nipple, which provides the valve-seat at its upper end, as shown in Fig. l, and Will thus be prevented from coming in contact with the ball-valve. The construction is simple, easily operated, permits ready discharge of the contents of the bottle, and prevents the refilling of such bottle, as will be understood from the preceding description.

Having thus fully described our invention, What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The herein-described improvement in non-refillable bottles, comprising the bottle having a body, a neck, and an enlarged guardchamber between ihe body and neck, and provided at the lower end of the guard-chamber with an upwardly-projecting tubular nipple having a valve-seat at its upper end, a ballvalve fitted to said seat and provided with a depending stem and a Weight on the lower end thereof Within the body of the bottle, and a guard having a shank extended within and fixed to the neck of the bottle, and an enlarged flaring base portion within the guardchamber overlying the ball-valve extending laterally beyond the same and recessed in its side facing the said valve, all substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. A non-refillable bottle havinga neck and an enlarged guard-chamber below the mouth of the neck, and provided with a valve-guard having a shank secured within the neck above the said guard-chamber and an enlarged flaring base on said shank and made of sufficient width to extend laterally Within the enlarged chamber to a point beyond the interior wall of the neck, substantially as set forth.

3. In a non-refillable bottle, the bottle-neck having an enlarged guard-chamber combined With the valve-guard having an enlarged base within the chamber and a flattened shank made of a Width equal to the bottle-neck and secured to said neck and also made of reduced thickness providing passages on the opposite sides for the discharge of the fluid, substantially as set forth.

4. A non-refillable bottle comprising the bottle-body, the neck and the enlarged guardchamber between the body and neck, and having a valve-seat at the base of said chamber, the valve-guard having a flattened shank secured within the bottle-neck and an enlarged flaring base Within the chamber and overlying the valve-seat, and the valve fitted to said seat and having a pendulous portion operating in the body of the bottle, substantially as set forth.

LUTHER A. MOCORD. JOHN D. ADAMS.

Witnesses:

O. W. BABB, R. G. FRANKs. 

